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Nicholas J. Higham
FSA
Born
Nicholas John Higham

72–73
OccupationAcademic
TitleEmeritus professor
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
Thesis (1977)
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester

Nicholas John Higham FSA (born 1951) is a British archaeologist, historian, and academic. He was Professor of Early Medieval and Landscape History at the University of Manchester, and is now an emeritus professor.[1]

Higham was trained as an archaeologist at Manchester, receiving his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 1977.[2] He taught at Manchester from 1977 to 2011.

Bibliography

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  • with Barri Jones, The Carvetti, Sutton (Gloucester, England), 1985, new edition, 1991.
  • The Northern Counties to AD 1000, Regional History of England, Longman, (New York, NY), 1986.
  • Rome, Britain, and the Anglo-Saxons, Seaby (London, England), 1992.
  • The Kingdom of Northumbria: AD 350-1100, Sutton (Gloucester, England), 1993.
  • The Origins of Cheshire, Manchester University Press (Manchester, England), 1993.
  • An English Empire: Bede and the Early Anglo-Saxon Kings, Manchester University Press (Manchester, England), 1995.
  • The English Conquest: Gildas and Britain in the Fifth Century, Manchester University Press (Manchester, England), 1994. (review by Christopher A. Snyder[3])
  • The Convert Kings: Power and Religious Affiliation in Early Anglo-Saxon England, Manchester University Press (Manchester, England), 1997.
  • The Death of Anglo-Saxon England, Sutton (Gloucester, England), 1997.
  • The Norman Conquest, Sutton (Gloucester, England), 1998.
  • King Arthur: Myth-making and History, Routledge (New York, NY), 2002.
  • A Frontier Landscape, 2004
  • King Arthur: The Making of the Legend, 2018

Honours and prizes

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References

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  1. ^ "Emeritus professors". Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies | The University of Manchester. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Nick Higham" at LinkedIn.
  3. ^ Arthuriana 6:3:69-71 (1996)
  4. ^ "Dr Nicholas Higham". Society of Antiquaries of London. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
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